Chapter one: the affairs.

Tatsuki leans over the desk and taps Rukia on the shoulder. The girl jumps, closing a manga she was reading quickly.

"Yes, Arisawa-san?" She says, making sure to put her schoolgirl façade on.

"Did 'ja hear? We are supposed to get a new transfer student today…apparently she is a girl."

"Ah, yes! Actually, I know her!"

"Why am I not surprised?"

Rukia continues, seemingly not noticing Tatsuki's comment.

"She is my friend, Abarai-kun's, sister! Which means that she is Kurosaki-kun's cousin also!"(1) Rukia smiles, proud of her acting skills.

"Really?" Tatsuki is curious. "Does she look like Abarai-san? I can't imagine a girl with that red hair…"

"Oh, she looks nothing like Abarai-kun. I've met her, she is quite nice. She actually resembles Kurosaki-kun a bit more then Abarai-kun. She also acts like him…you will probably like her. She is into martial arts, although kenjutsu (2) is more her style." Rukia chuckles at her joke. "Kurosaki-kun said that they used to correspond, but only recently started again!"

"Hmm. Well, I guess we'll meet her. And I guess I'll have to keep Chizuru away from her…" Tatsuki sighs, and Rukia just chuckles yet again. "Oh you won't have to worry about that…I would be more worried about Chizuru."

Tatsuki gives her a disbelieving stare. "Really?"

"Really."

Ichigo curses to himself as he dresses quickly. "Damn those f-in' people, doing this to me…"

He buttons up his shirt, slips on his shoes, grabs his bag, and starts running off, forgoing breakfast in favor of not being-'Late for school, late for school, why the hell didn't they wake me!'

"Class, we have yet another new transfer student. She is both the cousin to Kurosaki-kun, and the sister to Abarai-kun, who I am sure you remember." Ochi-sensei smiles. "I'll just go get…her…" She swings her head from side to side, leaning out the door. "Hmmm…she should be here by now…"

The class hears running footsteps from the hall. "Oh, is this her?"

Ichigo pants as he runs. Even though he is quite strong, and has good stamina (stop thinking like that, you perverts) running straight to the school, without breaks, can be quite strenuous on a person. Finally, though, he is running up the stairs…running down the hallways…watching Ochi-sensei duck back into the classroom…

He comes running in, panting, with his back slung over his shoulder. He bows to the class. "Hey. My name is Abarai Tsukiko, pleased to make your acquaintance."

Rukia smiles at Ichigo. She knows that, behind the fake smile, he is twitching. She can see, even from her seat, that Kiego is drooling over him…eew. Of course he does have a reason. As a girl, Ichigo is quite pretty. "His" hair lightened, and is now more the color of his mothers hair. As a male, he was quite slim, and although he has muscles in his new form, they slimmed down somewhat. His face changed a little, rounding out a tiny bit, and his eyes grew. His chest isn't Orihime-sized, but, as Urahara said, "You…are…curvaceous" She can see him fighting not to scowl, and her smile quickly morphs into a smirk.

Ichigo lets the bag slide down his shoulder and arm. He holds it loosely in his hand, letting it hit against his leg. He struggles not to frown, thinking of the speech Yoruichi gave him. She took it to explain to him the basics of being female. He is scared for life. She also taught him how to keep up appearances...literally.

…

Oh, and by the way, having your anatomy almost completely changed, down to your DNA, is quite a painful process. He was minding his own business, but noooooooooooo, Mayuri's lab haddddd to explode right when he was walking by.

Bastard. It doesn't matter that he clamed it wasn't his fault.

Bastard.

Ichigo sighs. "I said HEY!" The chattering class instantly shuts up.

"That's better. Now, I also said my name is Abarai Tsukiko. My brother is Abarai Renjii, and my cousin is Kurosaki Ichigo. I am good friends with Ichigo-kun, so I actually know quite about this class. For example, I know that

'if you insult the Quincy, Ishida-san will try to shoot you with a bow-I'm not saying he will succeed, though

'and if you are Honsho-san (A/N-Chizuru, the lesbian) and try to grope anybody, you will get punished by Tatsuki-san.

'I also know that Mizuriu-san is a womanizer (but is only really into older women),

'Kiego-san is a crazy pervert,

'Chaddo-san is freakishly strong and silent,

'Inoue-san is really nice and surprisingly good at martial arts,

'Tatsuki-san is a good person to have as a friend, and is supposedly the second strongest girl in Japan,

'Ochi-sensei is supposed to be crazy (but not in a bad way!)

and I forgot the rest of what they told me. Oh, and I am already good friends with Rukia-chan, due to the fact that both my brother and cousin are either childhood friends, or nakama with her.

"Now, about myself. I am trained in martial arts, although swordplay is more my style. I have been compared to both my brother and cousin in personality, which kinda creeps me out.

I hate shows like Don Kanonji, I am not a lesbian, and I do not plan on going out with any of you boys. Finally, I am very protective over my friends and family. That's all! Where should I sit?"

Ichigo turns to Ochi-sensei, waiting for guidance. (S)He practiced the details with Rukia before hand. He is also quite proud of the looks on his friend's faces. He knows that his reitsu changed, just like his appearance, but still...

He also has a headache, from the fact that his hollow has been screaming at him…and Zangetsu is gloomy, too…he wishes now that he could go into his inner world by himself, but there are more pressing matters…

Tatsuki smirks to herself. 'I like this girl.'

(1) I think, somewhere, they said that Renjii is Ichigo's "cousin", to explain why they hang out together all the time when Renjii in in the living world. It might have just been a filler arc thing or something, but just go with me here.

(Note) revising this, I have found out since the original posting of this that it was in the Bount Filler Arc.

(2) Kenjutsu- Kenjutsu (剣術), meaning "the art of the sword", is a term for classical Japanese sword arts (or koryū), in particular those which predate the Meiji Restoration. It is sometimes used more generally to describe any martial art which makes use of the Japanese sword. ßWikipedia.

Kendo is a offshoot of Kenjutsu.

I made Ichigo give everyone except Rukia a "-san" honorific. Rukia gets a "-chan". I kinda made it so (S)He called them by what they might be called in a letter from Ichigo to his cousin, you know what I mean? Beside's, he's a girl. He's trying to not attract more attention, no matter how futile his endeavors may be. Also, Ichigo's name is Abarai(He is calling himself Renjii's sister) Tsukiko (moon child).

Come on, Tell me how long I had you fooled for! Come on~…

Mild con-crit, please!